| Edition |
[Pbk. ed., 1991]. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xliii, 290 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
A Hero Perished tells Nile Kinnick's story. This grandson of an Iowa governor, the son of parents who disciplined him to strive for his measure of greatness, became a Heisman Trophy winner and national celebrity through a combination of talent and circumstance. Following his college successes, Kinnick began legal study to prepare for a political career, but with the approach of war he entered the Navy Air Corps to refashion himself as a fighter pilot. Assigned to the carrier USS Lexington on its premier cruise, he took off in a defective plane & mdash;and his death shocked a nation grown. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Preface; The Letters; The Diary; Introduction to the Diary; Volume I; Volume II; Volume III; Notes to the Diary. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Kinnick, Nile C. (Nile Clarke), 1918-1943 -- Diaries.
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Kinnick, Nile C. (Nile Clarke), 1918-1943. |
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Diaries.
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| Subject |
Kinnick, Nile C. (Nile Clarke), 1918-1943 -- Correspondence.
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Correspondence.
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| Subject |
University of Iowa -- Football -- History.
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Football. |
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History. |
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Kinnick, Nile Clarke, 1918-1943. |
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University of Iowa. |
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University of Iowa. |
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Football players -- United States -- Diaries.
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Football players. |
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United States. |
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Football players -- United States -- Correspondence.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Records and correspondence.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Diaries.
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Personal correspondence.
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Personal correspondence.
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| Added Author |
Baender, Paul.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kinnick, Nile C. (Nile Clarke), 1918-1943. Hero perished. [Pbk. ed., 1991]. Iowa City, Iowa : University of Iowa Press, 1991 0877453365 (DLC) 91010195 (OCoLC)23214607 |
| ISBN |
1587290103 (electronic book) |
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9781587290107 (electronic book) |
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0877453365 (alkaline paper) |
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087745390X (paperback) |
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